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Data compiled by an amateur satellite tracker suggests China may have lost control of its first space station – Tiangong-1 – and China might not be able to properly deorbit the space lab and bring it back to Earth in the ocean or in an unpopulated area.
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French President Francois Hollande announced on Jul. 13 that aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will be deployed this fall to fight ISIL.
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The carrier-borne variant of the F-35 will be out at sea next month aboard USS George Washington off the East Coast of United States for the third round of developmental tests.
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Pacific Air Forces will be dispatching F-15s from 44th Fighter Squadron, 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan and F-16s from 13th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan to Malaysia next week for exercise Cope Taufan 16.
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At a briefing organized by 38 North, Joseph Bermudez, co-founder and chief analytic officer of AllSource Analysis, said he expects North Korea to carry out a full-range test of its submarine-launched ballistic missile – KN-11 – within a year.
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